AWB Chapter 431 When the enemies heard that Gu Jingzhi was in command, they all laughed!
Chapter 431 When the enemies heard that Gu Jingzhi was in command, they all laughed!
"This one……"
"British Duke!"
Gu Jingzhi smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm a scholar, and you..."
"How do scholars forge military strategies? I have also read the military manuals you gave to brothers Lin Chong and Lin Feng!"
"..."
I copied that!
Gu Jingzhi's mouth twitched: "I got this by chance!"
"Lin Feng and Lin Chong both said that you taught them this military book!"
"They're talking nonsense!"
Gu Jingzhi quickly denied it and said, "Besides, Duke, do you dare to believe that someone who has never been on the battlefield can write such a military book?"
"That only proves that you possess extraordinary talent in military affairs! Besides, why haven't you ever been on the battlefield?"
Li Ye said, "Not to mention that Nangong Shouyi was defeated by you eight years ago, even in the Northwest War, at the most critical moment, if it weren't for your plan, how could Xue Ruhai have won?"
"..."
Gu Jingzhi's lips trembled.
"But after all, I have never commanded an entire army!"
"so what?"
Li Ye waved his hand and said, "As long as you are assigned two powerful lieutenants, you can leave the daily tasks of leading the troops in battle to them. You only need to plan the overall situation when you are in charge, and let the generals carry out the rest!"
"..."
Gu Jingzhi was silent!
If that's the case, it's not impossible!
Li Ye looked at him, thinking that he was still unwilling, so he sighed and said, "Nangong Shouyi has rarely been defeated in his life, and even when he did, he never lost miserably!"
"However, eight years ago, he didn't even have the chance to fight you head-on before he was forced to give up his land. This was an absolute shame for him!"
"If you take command, he'll definitely be thinking about avenging his previous humiliation. In this state, he'll definitely lose his usual composure!"
"..."
Gu Jingzhi asked curiously, "Duke, why are you so sure?"
"Ah!"
Li Ye sneered and said, "You were only a sixth-rank civil servant back then, but what about him? A great general feared by all the world. Even Li Sheng, a fellow famous general, would be wary of him!"
"He was defeated by you, even though he thought your plan was deliberate and unintentional, and that you were nothing special!"
"But the more you do this, the more he'll look down on you. Plus, he's obsessed with revenge... With these two mindsets combined, he'll definitely make a foolish decision. That's when your chance comes!"
"..."
Everyone was stunned and looked at Gu Jingzhi blankly.
If you follow Li Ye's analysis, it sounds like it is true. If Nangong Shouyi makes a wrong decision and if Gu Jingzhi has a powerful deputy general by his side, then if he wants to break the deadlock... his chances are pretty good!
Gu Jingzhi looked at the crowd, opened his mouth, and asked, "Why don't we let Lord Chen take command, and I'll just follow the army!"
"That's different!"
Li Ye waved his hand and said, "If Qiao Zhen were in command, Nangong Shouyi would want to kill you, but facing a large army, he would be extremely cautious..."
Ok!
It seems that I am just a hate attractor?
Zhou Quan seemed to be persuaded by Li Ye. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Teacher!"
"His Majesty……"
Gu Jingzhi smiled bitterly and said, "If I take command, I'm afraid the people in the court won't agree!"
"so what!"
Before Zhou Quan could say anything, Li Ye interrupted him, "Don't worry about the military commanders. I'll help you deal with them. As for the civil officials... you're just a cabinet minister, can't you control them?"
"Uh……"
It seems to be true!
But can you just say that? Didn't you see the emperor's face darken? Even if you are the chief military commander, you still have to consider the emperor's face!
Gu Jingzhi felt helpless.
This old general has a sincere heart... I hope Zhou Quan can be more tolerant!
……
When the news of Gu Jingzhi leading the army to war spread, the whole world was shocked.
Not only the people inside and outside the Great Xia court, but even the Beili and Liyue countries expressed doubts when they received the news that they might have heard it wrong.
However, when Gu Jingzhi led an army of 300,000 and appeared in the suburbs of Beijing, heading north, everyone was stunned!
A civilian leading the army?
This is not uncommon in history, but in fact Gu Jingzhi never showed his outstanding military talent. Even if he did, it was by strategy that he won.
At most, he is a military advisor!
A military strategist who is good at planning strategies and a general who fights on the battlefield are two completely different things!
What kind of foolish decision could have caused Daxia to make such a foolish decision?
……
Hengzhou.
Upon hearing the news that Gu Jingzhi was in charge, the third Viper was so happy that he couldn't sleep the whole night.
"Hahaha!"
"The imperial court was truly frightened by the situation in the north. They sent out an army of 300,000 men, and unexpectedly let Gu Jingzhi lead it! God is truly helping us!"
"Hahaha!"
The third brother did not really look down on Gu Jingzhi. In his opinion, Gu Jingzhi definitely had his own unique strengths in military affairs, although he had never shown any military talent.
However, in his opinion, just a few trips to the border and Gu Jingzhi's several-year plan to cut off the foundation of the aristocratic family revealed the essence of the art of war.
The third brother wants to rebel.
Gu Jingzhi was not wrong about this.
However, what he was most worried about was Gu Jingzhi, because as long as Gu Jingzhi was around, his thoughts would have nowhere to hide.
Four years ago, he wanted to cause trouble, but his plan was ruined by Gu Jingzhi, which led to him giving up his decision before everyone else gathered. He waited for four years.
Now, Li Ye and other old generals are very old, and Li Sheng, who is capable of handling the situation in the north, is still in a coma.
This time, Gu Jingzhi guessed everything he had planned for the rebellion.
That's right, he wanted to force Daxia to mobilize all available troops, and the price was to cede some land after he ascended the throne.
The two northern countries naturally would not believe it easily, because in their opinion, the third brother had no capital at all.
But they are willing to do so. No matter whether they succeed or not, they will always make a profit. After all, the third brother does have some chips in his hands.
For the third brother, he doesn't care about ceding land.
Because he believed that as long as he ascended the throne, facing the situation of Daxia, Gu Jingzhi would not ignore it. What was lost today, Gu Jingzhi would help him get back!
He has studied Gu Jingzhi for many years, and in his eyes, Gu Jingzhi is the person who is good at creating miracles.
How could he not know the situation in the court? All he did was to force Gu Jingzhi out of the capital so that he would face less resistance in his rebellion!
……
Li Yue also heard the news. The person leading the troops... was Gu Jingzhi's old acquaintance, the eldest prince of Li Yue, Xiao Li.
This prince had suffered a defeat at the hands of Gu Jingzhi and was expelled back with all his dignity lost. He was inevitably ridiculed by others. If he had not persuaded the famous general Wu Tianyao to surrender, his position in the Liyue Dynasty would have been unstable.
When Xiao Li suddenly heard that an old acquaintance was taking charge, although he was eager to try, he had to face the northwest battlefield of Daxia and it was impossible for him to go to the north to help Beili fight.
Although the two are allies, their interests are not aligned!
However, when he heard that Gu Jingzhi was in command and thought of the humiliation he had suffered in the past, he couldn't wait to hear the news that Gu Jingzhi had been defeated and captured.
In his opinion, although Gu Jingzhi was capable and talented, the battlefield was not something a civilian could handle. It would be fine if there were only tens of thousands of people fighting, but this was a battlefield involving hundreds of thousands of people... Together, the two sides involved a battlefield of over a million people.
He didn't think that Gu Jingzhi could handle it.
……
At the same time, Nangong Shouyi, who was in the camp outside Yunzhou City, also received the news that Gu Jingzhi was in command.
Over the years, he has heard of Gu Jingzhi's name, but every time he hears it, the shameful scene always comes to his mind.
It was originally just an alliance between the two countries, but it turned into a humiliating treaty that Gu Jingzhi forced him to sign.
what is this?
If he had been more straightforward at the beginning, it would only be a matter between Emperor Beili and Emperor Daxia.
As a result, because of his dissatisfaction in his heart, he turned the alliance between the two countries into a humiliating surrender. The most crucial thing was that even though Beili paid the price of six states, it failed to conquer Liyue.
On the contrary, Beili and Liyue had been fighting for many years, which gave Daxia the opportunity to govern the north, so that even though they finally stopped fighting, they were no longer able to move south.
Beili's gains outweigh the losses.
However, Daxia was at its peak. In just a few years, Daxia's national strength grew faster than in the previous twenty years!
The key!
Over the years, Gu Jingzhi was either governing the local area, tinkering with hybrid rice, or opening the door to advancement for scholars all over the world. In the end, he wrote books and became a saint in the world.
Even in Beili, there were many scholars who admired the School of Mind. The Emperor of Beili even publicly praised Gu Jingzhi in the court.
This was a deep pain for Nangong Shouyi.
"What's the situation in Yunzhou City?"
Nangong Shouyi burned the information he obtained and then asked about Yunzhou City.
Huyan Liancheng replied, "Don't worry, General. Li Sheng is still unconscious and hasn't gotten any better. The poison in his body hasn't been cured yet."
"Also, the military rations in Yunzhong City won't last long. They'll probably be out of food in less than half a month!"
"We've already arranged the spies in the city. After half a month, we just need to spread the news in the city, and then they will start to cause chaos on their own!"
"it is good!"
Nangong Shouyi responded calmly, then said, "Daxia's 300,000 reinforcements will arrive at Beichuan Prefecture in less than a month..."
"General..."
Huyan Liancheng exclaimed, "Are you planning to start a full-scale war with Daxia?"
"if not?"
Nangong Shouyi raised his eyelids: "I am from the north and have an army of 500,000 soldiers marching south. I wouldn't come here to play along with them, would I?"
"But didn't he promise to cede all the former Yun Kingdom's land to me, Beili? If the general goes to war with Daxia too soon, I'm afraid the court..."
"Humph!"
"The mouse is short-sighted!"
Nangong Shouyi scolded, "What's the use of this little bit of land? If we can destroy Li Sheng in one battle and defeat all of their hundreds of thousands of reinforcements, won't we be able to come and go from Daxia as we please?"
As a famous general.
He had always harbored ambitions, but the emergence of Li Sheng in the north prevented him from making any progress southward.
Now that he finally has the opportunity, how could he give it up?
What's more, the commander of the troops was a civil official who might not even have read military books.
The Great Xia is really short-sighted. Just relying on the reputation of a civil servant and the identity of the emperor's teacher, he dares to confront him, a famous general in the world?
Then he would let Gu Jingzhi know that a strategy was just a strategy. No matter how good the strategy was, without the ability to command troops, it would be nothing but a joke in the end!